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Australian pilot kidnapped in PNG highlands: police

GreenWatch Desk World News 2024-02-26, 2:17pm

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(BSS/AFP) - An Australian helicopter pilot and two other workers have been kidnapped in Papua New Guinea's highlands, the country's chief of police said on Monday.

"We are focused on resolving this as soon as possible," Commissioner David Manning said, confirming the nationality of the pilot and adding that police were responding to the incident.